When an underdog Canadian men's national team heroically qualified for the 1986 World Cup, few would have predicted it would take 36 years to get back.
Painting The Pitch Red, Sportsnet's first-ever narrative podcast series looking at the history of Canadian soccer, details the rise, fall and eventual triumph of Canada’s men's national team through the lens of some of the most respected voices in the country.
This series aims to really answer one simple yet extremely complicated question; why did it take this long for Canada to return to the World Cup?
Through three chapters spanning five decades, host Henry Standage examines Canada's rollercoaster relationship with the beautiful game and how Canada's men's national team qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Sid Seixeiro and former Canadian international Colin Miller join "Chapter 1: Welcome to Newfoundland" to look at soccer in the 1980s in Canada and how the CANMNT qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
As Canada aims to take on Belgium in its first World Cup in almost four decades, the stories of those who came before them detail the generations of soccer players who influenced a nation.
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